genet

genet:

see civetcivetor civet cat,any of a large group of mostly nocturnal mammals of the Old World family Viverridae (civet family), which also includes the mongoose. Civets are not true cats, but the civet family is related to the cat family (Felidae)......Click the link for more information..

genet

[′jen·ət]

(vertebrate zoology)

The common name for nine species of small, arboreal African carnivores in the family Viverridae.

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